| The print media get picky about a story involving police forcing evacuees back into New Orleans. Soon after the floodwaters engulfed New Orleans, reporters chronicled the thousands trapped at the Superdome, trapped at the convention center, and trapped on rooftops. As the days passed, news consumers had to wonder: Why couldn?t citizens just hike out of the city to the nearest patch of dry land? The Socialist Worker webzine on Sept. 6 provided an answer: You couldn?t leave without facing down a police barricade and gunfire. |
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